This dissertation examines popular periodicals in the late 19th- and early 20th-century America as pivotal artifacts in the history of literacy education. It first reviews current histories of literacy, writing instruction, and magazines at the...
Responding to research gaps in both cycling and women's rights history, the purpose of my thesis is to investigate conceptualizations of cycling in the 1890's suffrage press. I analyze six aspects of cycling in suffrage periodicals: advice and tips...
African Americans; Civil rights demonstrations; Race relations; Public relations; Discrimination in housing; Housing; African American legislators; Insurance agents; Women legislators; African American legislators; Kentucky--Politics and...
Oral history interview conducted with legislator Mae Street Kidd on October 10, November 11, and December 5, 1978 by Ken Chumbley. Ms. Kidd discusses her life, including her childhood growing up in Bourbon County. Kidd attended the Lincoln...
Color map, with Street Index, of Louisville, Kentucky, compiled in 1936. Verso includes lists of public halls, blocks and buildings; places of amusement (theaters, private parks, etc.); subdivisions; monuments; clubs; hospitals, institutions, and...
Audubon Country Club (Louisville, Ky.); Golf; Men; People
Address: 3265 Robin Road, Louisville, Kentucky. A man puts on the green of the Audubon Club golf course. Other men wait with golf clubs in hand. The green ends in a sand trap. Two younger men hold bags of clubs; they are probably the caddies at the...
Man carrying golf clubs and a golf bag stands in front of a park bench. A white outline has been painted around the man with "Crop" written on the image. For Hillerich & Bradsby. Title supplied by cataloger.
Souvenir postcard folder from Asheville, North Carolina. Includes images of city hall, the county court house, Pack Memorial Library and various hotels and other commercial buildings. Also shown are Pack Square and the city recreation park (which...
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Nightclubs--Kentucky--Louisville; Singers; Musicians
Oral history interview with Robert Key, conducted October 25, 1977 by Robert Friedman. Mr. Key was a musician. He was born in Louisville but really launched his career in Chicago before touring as a singer. In this interview, he discusses his...
African Americans; African American politicians; African American businesspeople; African American business enterprises; Women politicians; Civil rights; Louisville (Ky.)--Politics and government; Politicians; Integration; Discrimination in housing
Oral history interview conducted with Louise Reynolds on June 13, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Louise Reynolds was the first African American woman elected alderman in the city of Louisville. Ms. Reynolds discusses her work with the Republican Party,...
Kentucky Derby grandstand crowd at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 2, 1936. Most of the smiling crowd on the ground stands, often leaning over the fence, which has one rail and is filled in with chicken wire. In front of the fence are...
Kentucky Derby grandstand crowd at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 2, 1936. Most of the smiling crowd on the ground stands, often leaning over the fence, which has one rail and is filled in with chicken wire. In front of the fence are...
1936 Derby grandstand crowd at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 2, 1936. Side view of the grandstand crowd, most of them standing, with the track to the right. A row of men with billy clubs polices the crowd from the other side of the...
1936 Derby grandstand crowd at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, May 2, 1936. Side view of the grandstand crowd, most of them standing, with the track to the right. A row of men with billy clubs polices the crowd from the other side of the...
Portrait of Lula Terry (Mrs. John L.) Grayot of Madisonville, Kentucky. She is wearing her hair wavy, pearls around her neck and corsage on her bosom. Crop marks outline her image, and there are tears, creases, and overall yellow discoloration of...
Robert L. James of Louisville, Kentucky, swinging a golf club. The photograph has a few spots of discoloration and damaged corners. Stamped on bottom, front of image: J.H. Coquille, Chicago, IL. Stamped on back: June 15, 1932. Attached to back:...
Portrait of Pearl Landrum of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing glasses and a lace collared blouse. The photograph has been painted on, marred with discolorations and age. Handwritten on back of image: Miss Pearl Landrum, 719 Dearborn Ave.; President...
Dr. Nora Prather of Louisville, Kentucky, holding golf clubs. The photograph has been cut so that only she is visible and marked with discolorations. Handwritten on back of image: Chairman of public relations- Louisville Business & Professional...
Portrait of Mayne L. (Mrs. Joseph E.) Warren of Mayfield, Kentucky, wearing a lace collar and a beaded necklace. The photograph has few marks and a yellow discoloration from age. Handwritten on back of image: President Kentucky Federation of...
